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ELATERIDAE
Brown Click Beetle
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Small Black Click Beetle I
Small Black Click Beetle II
Small Black Click Beetle III 
 
LYCIDAE
Long-nose Lycid Beetle
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Small Bi-colour Beetle II 
 
CANTHARIDAE
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Small Brown Soldier Beetle I 
Small Brown Solder Beetle II 
 

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Lycid-mimicking Click Beetle - Anilicus sp.

Family Elateridae

This page contains information and pictures about Lycid-mimicking Click Beetles in Family Elateridae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. 
 
Body length 8mm   
This Click Beetle is orange and black in colours which is the colour theme of the Lycid Beetle mimicry complex
 
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Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest Dentata Track on Oct 2007. The beetle was found on a gum tree trunk. It dropped onto the ground after we took some photos.
 
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Reference:
1. A Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul Zborowski, CSIRO PUBLISHING April 2010, p125. 
 
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Last updated: April 03, 2011.